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A study says Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic in just 24 hours. Thursday's study says it's because of warmer ocean water that acts as fuel. The study says in the last 20 years 8.1% of the time storms powered from a Category 1 minor storm to a major hurricane in just 24 hours. That happened only 3.2% of the time from 1971 to 1990. Scientists and emergency managers worry about storms that rapidly intensify because they give people less time to react. It's also harder for officials to prep...

The chance that a storm will get much more dangerous in less than a day has more than doubled over the past few decades.

The probability of a weak hurricane strengthening to become a major hurricane within 24 hours has more than doubled in recent decades.

With warmer oceans serving as fuel, Atlantic hurricanes are now more than twice as likely as before to rapidly intensify from wimpy minor hurricanes to powerful and catastrophic, a study said Thursday. Last month Hurricane Lee went from barely a hurricane at 80 mph (129 kph) to the most powerful Category 5 hurricane with 155 […]

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